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US 2012/0071247 A1Published application
Geographic Data Collection Using Game Play
AssigneeHERE Global B.V.
InventorsKurt Brooks Uhlir, Michael V. Shuman, Christopher Dougherty
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for collecting geographic data during game play. A game scenario includes an activity for the game player to perform. The game player may be given an incentive within the context of the game for performing the activity. The incentive may be of non-monetary, monetary or in-game value. Performing the activity within the context of the game directly or indirectly results in the generation of data that is collected and used for the purpose of updating, adding to or supplementing a geographic database.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a user interface configured to display a game scenario of a computer game, the game scenario of the computer game formulated to prompt a computer game player to perform an activity including physically moving to a real-world location,
- wherein formulation of the game scenario of the computer game is based on identification of a lack of geographic data including geographic position data of a geographic feature in a navigation database and determination of the activity to be performed by the computer game player to obtain the geographic data lacking in the navigation database;
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- circuitry configured to provide the game scenario for display on the user interface on which the computer game is being played on by the computer game player, wherein the circuitry is further configured to obtain real-world geographic data based on performance of the activity, the real-world geographic data corresponding to the identified lack of geographic data in the navigation database and including data indicative of a name of a business, a name of a path, a name of a point-of-interest, a business address, a path address, or a point-of-interest address, and
- wherein the circuitry is further configured to provide the real-world geographic data to update the navigation database, updating the navigation database including adding the name of the business, the name of the path, the name of the point-of-interest, the business address, the path address, or the point-of-interest address in the navigation database.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a navigation database;
- circuitry configured to cause identification of a lack of geographic data in the navigation database, the lacking geographic data includes geographic position data of a geographic feature, wherein the circuitry is further configured to cause determination of an activity to be performed by a computer game player to obtain the geographic data lacking in the navigation database, the activity including physically moving to a real-world location, and wherein the circuitry is further configured to cause formulation of a game scenario of a computer game that prompts the computer game player to perform the activity;
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- the circuitry configured to cause data representing the game scenario to be provided to a user device, the game scenario displayed on a user interface of the user device in which the computer game is being played on by the computer game player,
- wherein the circuitry is further configured to collect real-world geographic data based on performance of the activity, the collected real-world geographic data corresponding to the identified lack of geographic data in the navigation database and including data indicative of a name of a business, a name of a path, a name of a point-of-interest, a business address, a path address, or a point-of-interest address,
- wherein the circuitry is further configured to cause the navigation database to be updated based on the collected real-world geographic data, updating the navigation database including adding the name of the business, the name of the path, the name of the point-of-interest, the business address, the path address, or the point-of-interest address in the navigation database.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a user interface configured to display a game scenario of a computer game, the game scenario of the computer game formulated to prompt a computer game player to perform an activity including reporting a weather condition;
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- circuitry configured to provide the game scenario for display on the user interface on which the computer game is being played on by the computer game player, wherein the circuitry is further configured to obtain weather data based on performance of the activity, the weather data including data indicative of a real-world weather condition at a geographic location, and
- wherein the circuitry is further configured to provide the weather data to supplement the navigation database, supplementing the navigation database including associating data representing the real-world weather condition to data in the navigation database.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a navigation database;
- circuitry configured to cause formulation of a game scenario of a computer game that prompts the computer game player to perform an activity including reporting a weather condition;
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- the circuitry configured to cause data representing the game scenario to be provided to a user device, the game scenario displayed on a user interface of the user device in which the computer game is being played on by the computer game player, wherein the circuitry is further configured to collect weather data based on performance of the activity, the collected weather data including data indicative of a real-world weather condition at a geographic location,
- wherein the circuitry is further configured to cause the navigation database to be supplemented based on the collected weather data, supplementing the navigation database including associating data representing the real-world weather condition to data in the navigation database.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a user interface configured to display a game scenario of a computer game, the game scenario of the computer game formulated to prompt a computer game player to perform an activity including physically moving to a real-world location;
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- circuitry configured to provide the game scenario for display on the user interface on which the computer game is being played on by the computer game player, wherein the circuitry is further configured to obtain geographic data based on performance of the activity, the geographic data including data indicative of a traffic control device, wherein the traffic control device includes a traffic light or a sign, and wherein the circuitry is further configured to provide the geographic data to update the navigation database, updating the navigation database including adding data representing the traffic control device in the navigation database.
An apparatus comprising:
- a navigation database;
- circuitry configured to cause formulation of a game scenario of a computer game that prompts the computer game player to perform an activity including physically moving to a real-world location;
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- the circuitry configured to cause data representing the game scenario to be provided to a user device, the game scenario displayed on a user interface of the user device in which the computer game is being played on by the computer game player, wherein the circuitry is further configured to collect geographic data based on performance of the activity, the collected geographic data including data indicative of a traffic control device, wherein the traffic control device includes a traffic light or a sign,
- wherein the circuitry is further configured to cause the navigation database to be updated based on the collected geographic data, updating the navigation database including adding data representing the traffic control device in the navigation database.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.